Wrapping Up Great Expectations

Throughout the novel, Pip battles with the effect of things going from bad to worse. From Great Expectations the reader conveys the message of total corruption through fortune; but what seems to be overlooked by the reader is that situations can always get worse. Through Pip's predicament, the reader is exposed to a young boy born into a plain life, but wanting something more. Later in the novel Dickens proves that a true "gentlemen's" lifestyle is never as glamorous as it may seem; thus having Pip realize that his once seeming bad life style has grown worse as he interweaves the struggles through fortune and love. As the story loops back back to where Pip began, the reader takes in the message of enjoying what you have, and being grateful for what you are given.